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单词 flaw
释义

flaw

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noun (1)

ˈflȯ How to pronounce flaw (audio)
1
a
: a defect in physical structure or form
a diamond with a flaw
b
: an imperfection or weakness and especially one that detracts from the whole or hinders effectiveness
vanity was the flaw in his character
a flaw in the book's plot
2
obsolete : fragment

flaw

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verb

flawed; flawing; flaws

transitive verb

: to make flaws in : mar

intransitive verb

: to become defective

flaw

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noun (2)

1
: a sudden brief burst of wind
the wind changed with flaws from westward Archibald MacLeish
also : a spell of stormy weather
2
obsolete : an outburst especially of passion

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • blemish
  • blight
  • blotch
  • defect
  • deformity
  • disfigurement
  • excrescence
  • excrescency
  • fault
  • imperfection
  • mar
  • mark
  • pockmark
  • scar

Verb

  • blemish
  • bloody
  • break
  • compromise
  • crab
  • cripple
  • cross (up)
  • damage
  • deface
  • disfigure
  • endamage
  • harm
  • hurt
  • impair
  • injure
  • mar
  • spoil
  • vitiate
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Example Sentences

Verb that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb

Middle English, flake, from Old Norse flaga stone slab, moldar flaga thin layer of turf; akin to Old English flōh flat stone

Noun (2)

of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flaga gust, squall

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1610, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

flaw

noun

ˈflȯ How to pronounce flaw (audio)
: a small fault or weakness
There is a flaw in the plan.

flaw 1 of 2

noun

as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing noted the flaw in the diamond before I bought it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • defect
  • blotch
  • scar
  • fault
  • imperfection
  • distortion
  • blemish
  • deformity
  • mark
  • irregularity
  • mar
  • bug
  • blight
  • stain
  • disfigurement
  • weakness
  • abnormality
  • spot
  • glitch
  • excrescence
  • pockmark
  • malformation
  • injury
  • excrescency
  • damage
  • taint
  • impairment
  • misshape
  • kink
  • failing
  • blot
  • blur
  • defacement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • enhancement
  • ornament
  • decoration
  • adornment
  • embellishment

flaw

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verb

as in to damage
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • damage
  • mar
  • compromise
  • injure
  • cripple
  • blemish
  • hurt
  • weaken
  • harm
  • spoil
  • impair
  • break
  • erode
  • bloody
  • ruin
  • disfigure
  • destroy
  • undermine
  • vitiate
  • crab
  • deface
  • endamage
  • wound
  • shatter
  • deteriorate
  • blight
  • batter
  • wreck
  • dent
  • cross (up)
  • tarnish
  • ding
  • botch
  • wash out
  • dint
  • torture
  • lame
  • demolish
  • disable
  • scour
  • tear down
  • total
  • waste
  • enfeeble
  • devastate
  • wipe out
  • torment
  • bang up
  • smash
  • scourge
  • crush
  • maim
  • enervate
  • queer
  • mangle
  • mutilate
  • bash
  • wear (away)
  • desolate
  • lacerate
  • hamstring
  • decimate
  • dash
  • annihilate
  • clobber
  • pulverize
  • raze
  • gum (up)
  • do in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fix
  • patch
  • repair
  • remedy
  • cure
  • rectify
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • revamp
  • help
  • renovate
  • mend
  • heal
  • perfect
  • improve
  • better
  • rehabilitate
  • revise
  • recondition
  • edit
  • doctor
  • enhance
  • refine
  • ameliorate
  • remodel
  • enrich
  • meliorate
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